Thursday, March 24, 2011

Growth of Urban Agglomerations, 1950-2015

This bar graph shows information about the growth of urban agglomerations of nine well known cities from 1950 till 2015.

The population in London has decreased from around 7 million in 1950 and it's predicted to reach 6 million in2015. New York had the biggest population in 1950 which was about 13 million. It kept on rising in the following years and it's predicted to reach 16 million in 2015. Mexico City, Lagos, Bombay, Sao Paolo and Tokyo have shown a great increase where it's predicted to reach around 25 million in Tokyo and Bombay in 2015 which will be the highest among all the other cities, where it was only around 6 and 3 million respectively in 1950. Cairo gas witnessed a reasonable increase and it's predicted to reach 12 million in 2015 from approximately 2 million in 1950.

Tokyo and Bombay will reach 25 million, while London is showing a decrease in the population each year. 

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Road Congestion in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is considered one of the modern cities in the world. Lately, it has become a very well-known city. Although, like any other big city, it has some disadvantages. Traffic congestion is one of the disadvantages that people of Abu Dhabi are suffering from. In this essay I’m going to talk about the causes of the traffic congestion and then I’m going to talk about the possible solutions.
Let’s start with the causes. First, growth of the population is considered a major cause of the traffic congestion. The more population there is the more cars there will be. The second cause is that the number of female drivers is increasing each year. Another cause is that we have an increase in the number of trucks which makes it even more crowded.

Now, let us discuss the possible solutions. First, constructing a railway can be an effective solution for this kind of problem, but will cost the government a lot of money and it’s going to take a lot of time to make it ready. Second, expanding the roads can be a part of solving this problem. Next, constructing alternative routes can be an excellent idea to make the city roads less crowded. Then, constructing more bridges can help in solving this problem.
In conclusion, I would like to say that the government should take action regarding it because it can affect people’s lives. In my point of view the most viable solution would be expanding the roads because it can be much cheaper than constructing a railway.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

young people drop out of school


Education is one of the most important things in our life.  Nowadays many young people drop out of  school for some reasons.  In this essay I’m going to discuss some of the causes that make young students drop out of school and some of the solutions that can help in solving these problems. To begin with let us start with the causes.
  First, a lot of students drop out of school to get a job where they can live on their own away from home.  By getting a job they can have a salary, a flat, a nice car and many other things that any young boy can dream about. A big number of young people join the army or the police because they don’t have to get a certificate to join them.  Another reason is that many students are not good at school.  They always fail because they are not trying hard enough to pass at school therefore they drop out of it.  What’s more, making friends with the bad guys can make them skip school by learning bad habits from them, so instead of going to school they prefer to hang out with their bad friends. Now, lets talk about some of the solutions that should be taken under consideration.  First, parents have the biggest role in raising their kids in a good way.  It’s their responsibility to educate them and encourage them to finish school  and what’s more important is to choose good friends for them and keep them away from the bad friends.  Second, schools can give weak students extra classes to help them pass the lessons.  Third, the government can give the student a promotional salary to urge them to study and stay at school.
  In conclusion, I’d like to say that we have to do something regarding this serious problem.  I believe that the main viable solution is in parents' hands. 

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Synonyms 1

sent out = posted

Disclosed = made it known

Rest = remainder

Scattering = sprinkling

Hosted = held

Apartment = flat

Speculation = gossip

Intense = severe

split up = finished

Trip = holiday

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Valentine's day Gifts

These two pie charts illustrate the kind of gifts men and women buy for each other on Valentine's day.
The top three gifts men buy for women are cards which are 18%, flowers which are 16% and candy which is 14%. Whereas the top three gifts women buy for men are cards, which is the same as men, but with more percentage which is 27%. Candy comes second with 21% followed by flowers with 11%. The most popular gift for both men and women is cards which is something in common. However, the second most common gift men buy is flowers, but it’s candy for women. The rest of the gifts men buy would be jewelry 10%, lingerie 7%, spa/personal care 6% and finally perfume 4%. Whereas the rest of gifts women buy for men are perfume 10%, jewelry 9%, lingerie 4% and finally spa/personal care which got a very small portion that is only 1% of the whole.
In conclusion, it looks like cards, candy and flowers got the biggest segments and that’s because they’re the most common gifts for both men and women.

Top Ten Producing Countries 2001

This bar chart illustrates information about the top ten date producing countries in the year 2001 which is mentioned in tonnes.
Overall, the top three date producers are first, Egypt with 1,100,000 tonnes which is the most abundant. This is followed by Iran with 900,000 tonnes. The UAE comes third with around 780,000 tonnes. Fourth comes Suadi Arabia which is a little less than the UAE with approximatly 770,000 tonnes. The production of Iraq and Pakistan are nearly the same. Finally came Algeria, Oman, Sudan and Libya which has the least production of all. Six countries produce more than half a million tonnes a year. If we caculate the production of Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, we’ll get about 2,700,000 tonnes of dates.
In coclusion, Egypt and Iran took the majority of date production while Sudan and Libya are in the minority.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

UK Budget 1996

This pie chart shows information about the spending of the UK government in 1996 which is divided into ten different segments.
First comes the social security which has the highest rate. That’s because the UK government thinks that the social security is an important issue, therefore it spent £100 billion on social security. Then comes health and personal social services which got an amount of £53 billion. That’s nearly half of what the social security got. It’s the government responsibility to take care of the citizens and their needs. Third comes the education which plays a big role in developing the country. Then comes the debt interest followed by other expenditure and defence which got a similar amount of money. After that comes the law and order which the government spent £17 billion on. Then comes housing heritage and environment. It got £15 billion. It’s important that the country looks clean. After that come the industry, agriculture and employment where the government spent £13 billion. Finally comes the transport which got the smallest portion which was £9 billion.
The UK government spent a total of £315 billion. That’s a big number to spend, but it’s for the people's sake. The amount spent on social security was almost a third of the total budget.